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Your Winter 2021 Daily Streaming Reviews Schedule

Jan 15, 15:30

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Click to find out who will be covering (or in some cases suffering through) this season's anime line-up! ― This season was full of highly-anticipated sequels and stellar premieres (check the Preview Guide for evidence), ANN opened voting for readers to decide the fate our intrepid review team. You did not disappoint! Look below for who will be covering (or in some cases suffering through) this season...

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Persona 5 Strikers Hands-On Preview - Don't Bring a Knife to a Persona Fight

Jan 15, 12:03

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Callum May dives into the latest Persona title: a Warriors- style title that is "unlike any other crossover Omega Force has developed in the past." ― During the early development of Hyrule Warriors, the team at Omega Force wanted to have the game involve dungeons, puzzles, and all of the things intrinsic to a Zelda game. However, then general manager Shigeru Miyamoto shot down the idea, telling the t...

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I Reincarnated as Evil Alice, So the Only Thing I'm Courting is Death! Novel 1

Jan 15, 12:00

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I Reincarnated as Evil Alice is dark and bit grim. But it does successfully merge a host of popular tropes into one engaging novel. ― Lewis Carroll's Alice duology, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, have inspired plenty of anime and manga over the years, and a few otome games besides. With the popularity of the isekai subgenre of characters being reincarnated into otome ...

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Final Evangelion Film Delayed Again Due to COVID-19

Jan 14, 18:53

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Film was slated to open on January 23, no new release date announced ― The official Twitter account for the Evangelion franchise announced on Thursday that Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||), the new Evangelion film, will not open on January 23 as planned. The staff stated they are delaying the film again after careful consideration due to the new state of emerge...

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High-Rise Invasion Anime Unveils Trailer, More Cast, Staff, Song Artists, February 25 Debut

Jan 14, 18:45

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Jun Fukuyama, Yoko Hikasa, Megumi Ogata, Koji Yusa, Chika Anzai, Shizuka Itou join cast ― Netflix unveiled a new trailer for the anime series of Tsuina Miura and Takahiro Ōba's survival horror manga High-Rise Invasion (Tenkū Shinpan) on Thursday. The anime's official website also unveiled more cast and staff members, theme song artists, and the anime's February 25 Netflix debut date in Japan. Japanes...

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The Winter 2021 Preview Guide

Jan 14, 18:11

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Preview Guide closes out with a return to the stone age with DR. STONE: STONE WARS! The Preview Guide is full of of this season's latest shows. Don't miss: Log Horizon, Redo of Healer, EX-ARM, Kemono Jihen, Mushoku Tensei, Sk8 the Infinity, Horimiya, World Trigger Season 2, Back Arrow, Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, So I'm a Spider, So What?, The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬, and more! ― Welcome to...

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This Week in Games - All The King's Fighters

Jan 14, 16:00

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Updates on KOFXV, Cham Cham is finally, finally back in the main Samurai Shodown roster, and Cyberpunk devs wants you to know they're really sorry. ― Hi folks. Today's one of those days where I can't really form a coherent introduction to the column. But that's okay, because there's plenty of interesting news to look at! THE KING OF FIGHTERS IS BACK, BABY You may recall that last week there were a Ki...

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Berserk of Gluttony Volume 1

Jan 14, 15:00

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Essentially, the story looks like it is boiling down to a protagonist who is forced to take on some evil airs due to the nature of his abilities and the idol he hopes to support despite that. ― As I read more light novels, I feel that I am developing a good sense for which ones are promising candidates for potential anime adaptations. Based on that, I rate this one as “likely.” Its simple, relatively...

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This Week in Anime - Just Who is Boogiepop?

Jan 14, 14:35

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Written by Perfect Blue's Sadayuki Murai, Boogiepop Phantom is a supernatural take on obsession, memories, death, and how we're all connected. ― A practically impenetrable horror anthology, Boogiepop Phantom premiered nearly two decades before Boogiepop and Others despite being a sequel. The series brings together director Takashi Watanabe, probably known best for Slayers of all things, writer Saday...

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A Blast From the Past: Get Caught Up on Dr. Stone Season 1

Jan 14, 13:00

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Are you ready for the premiere of Dr. Stone: Stone Wars today? Nicholas Dupree has all the major developments from season one to get you caught up! ― This winter there's an insane number of sequels coming out. From long-awaited follow ups for Log Horizon and World Trigger to highly anticipated second seasons for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and The Promised Neverland. Hidden among all tho...

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Moriarty the Patriot GN 2

Jan 13, 15:00

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Moriarty the Patriot continues to be solid, recognizable, and still totally original. ― Think of the previous volume and the first three chapters of this one as the prologue for Moriarty the Patriot. When viewed in light of the fourth chapter in this second volume – which begins retelling A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes story published in 1887 – everything that comes before it is in ser...

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Back to the Horizon: A Beginner's Primer on Log Horizon

Jan 12, 14:00

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After five years off the air, it's time to dive back into Elder Tale in a new season of Log Horizon! ― Players log into their favorite MMORPG, eager to experience the newest update. The next thing they know, they appear to be inside the bodies of their avatars rather than just controlling them on a screen. Somehow, the latest update to Elder Tale has pulled its users into its world, forcing them to f...

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Gundam Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Praises Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, But Describes Its Cultural Success as a 'Coincidence'

Jan 12, 13:45

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'It's strange [for anime to gather staff] that align so perfectly.' ― Livedoor News posted an interview with Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino on Thursday, where he discussed his thoughts on the hit anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. First, he described the modern anime landscape, remarking that because anime has become so mainstream, a work needs to be created with real seriousne...

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The Winter 2021 Preview Guide

Jan 12, 13:31

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We've saved something truly strange for the end. It's time to check out the horrors of WONDER EGG PRIORITY Also don't miss EX-ARM (lol), Kemono Jihen, Mushoku Tensei, Sk8 the Infinity, Horimiya, World Trigger Season 2, The Hidden Dungeon Only I can Enter, Back Arrow, Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki, So I'm a Spider, So What?, The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬, and more! ― Welcome to Anime News Network...

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This Week in Anime - The Night is Long is a 90 Minute Bender

Jan 12, 10:00